Kung Flu

BY FRANK HAVILAND It was once a feature of adulthood that we labelled things correctly, something even the millennials’ Bible (Harry Potter) acknowledges: ‘Always use the proper name for things. Fear of a name increases fear of the thing itself’. The Wuhan Virus however, has shown how staunchly opposed to facts our societies have become. On February 11th, the World Health Organisation declared it had … Continue reading Kung Flu

The Great British Sausage Addiction

BY JUNE BROWNE When we recently had some German guests stay at our bed & breakfast near Knaresborough, they asked us where we bought our sausages, which we serve as part of our cooked Full English breakfast. We replied that we source our sausages from a local farm near Harrogate and they went off and stocked up for the rest of their tour around England. Some of … Continue reading The Great British Sausage Addiction